We are often flooded with notifications and messages across different platforms. When planning your time and working throughout the day, it can be hard to focus on one thing at a time. One of the most powerful ways to use IFTTT is to create streamlined notification channels to receive the information that matters to you at relevant times.
Gmail has two actions, the option to send an email, and to send an email to yourself. Sending an email provides you the option to send a message to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account. The ability to send emails in this way means you can automate elements that you would share anyways. Example scenarios include sending mentions of your brand online to your coworkers or forwarding articles you loved to a friend.
Most popular Gmail Applets
In addition to the amazing Applets listed below, one of the most popular ways to use Gmail is to have a Webhook as a trigger to integrate a service that is not on IFTTT. You can learn more about using Webhooks here.
- Send email rss
468 - Tell Alexa to email you your shopping list1.5k
- If any new SMS received, then send an email to gmail4.8k
- Let someone know you're heading home
33.4k - Tell Amazon Alexa to trigger an emergency email blast 144
- Quickly email a photo to yourself or others685
- If tomorrow's forecast calls for rain, get an email1.0k
New Gmail Applets
We have created some additional Applets based on our most popular existing integrations and new services on IFTTT.
Email Applets
The Email service on IFTTT can be used as a notification action or as a trigger by sending an email to trigger@applet.ifttt.com. Here are some of the most popular Applets for email.
Email digest Applets
Creating an email digest as a way to receive information can help you reduce the number of notifications you receive and organize items in a format that you receive at a cadence that you determine. If you want daily updates from your favorite news source, the email digest can deliver that just in time for your morning coffee. Or, get an update about top sports stories right before you have a weekly meeting with a passionate colleague.
- Keep up with r/sports
6 - Keep track of where you were this week3.1k
- Email yourself a random Wikipedia article every day!1.9k
- Do more with your Discover Weekly playlist
1.2k - Get a daily summary of all your new iOS Calendar events1.0k
- Subscribe to a weekly status report from the International Space Station16.2k
Explore
Want to do even more with IFTTT? Explore the possibilities and create powerful experiences by making your own Applets.
